The campaign team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has accused the party’s leadership of unfairly promoting Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the preferred “establishment choice” in the upcoming presidential primaries.
In a statement signed and issued by Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign, on Thursday, August 28, the campaign condemned the alleged use of the NPP’s official social media platforms to exclusively stream Dr. Bawumia’s nomination filing event, describing the act as a betrayal of the unity the party claims to stand for.
“The use of the official party’s social media handles to stream only DMB’s nomination filing is a betrayal of the very unity our national leadership claims to preach,” the statement said.
According to the campaign, this is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern of bias that has characterised internal party affairs, aimed at giving Dr. Bawumia an unfair advantage — just as was allegedly done during previous contests.
Kwarteng warned that such actions undermine party cohesion and have already contributed to the NPP’s declining electoral performance in the 2024 elections.
“Under his watch, we recorded the worst results in our party’s history: a 31% drop in national votes, a 16% decline in northern votes, a 33% fall in southern votes, and virtually no support from the Zongo communities,” he stated.
The statement further criticised party leadership for continuing to promote the Vice President despite these setbacks, rather than focusing on healing divisions and rebuilding trust within the party.
“At such a time, the priority should be rebuilding a stronger, united party to restore hope and confidence. Instead, leadership continues to impose the very candidate under whom we suffered these losses, shamelessly projecting him as the ‘establishment choice’ by giving him undue advantages and platforms,” Kwarteng added.
The campaign warned that if such favoritism continues, other flagbearer aspirants may be forced to chart their own course.
“If this continues, leadership should not be surprised when other candidates begin to take their destiny into their own hands. The grassroots will not be forced into silence while the future of the party is mortgaged for one individual. Never!”
